by GDI | May 9, 2025 | Comment
This April, students on our MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) took part in a residential visit as part of their study in the MSc Human Resource Management Enhancement Programme (HRMEP). The MSc HRMEP has developed over nine years since 2017 to...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2025 | Comment
Organised by the GDI Students for Palestine with support from the GDI Innovation Fund We invite submissions for the Interdisciplinary Conference: “Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies.” This conference seeks to critically engage...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2025 | Comment
By Skyla Baily, GDI Digital Communications Officer In our thoroughly online world, just how important are platforms like LinkedIn when it comes to sharing your research? How can it help reach relevant audiences and provide opportunities for career development? There...
by GDI | Apr 8, 2025 | Comment
Ever wondered how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) generates its influential – often headline-making – climate reports? We caught up with José Antonio Puppim De Oliveira, GDI’s Professor of Climate Change Governance and Global Development, to...
by GDI | Apr 7, 2025 | Comment
Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester 5 April 2025 As financial markets across the world continue to reel from the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on April 2nd – so-called ‘Liberation...
by GDI | Apr 1, 2025 | Comment
Funded by the University of Manchester Hallsworth Fund and the British Academy Conference Fund Scroll for French, Spanish and Portuguese translations. Deadline for Photo Submission: 30th June, 2025 As migrants traverse borders, their bodies become sites of agency,...
by GDI | Mar 28, 2025 | Comment
by Yusra Suedi (Law) & Clare Cummings (Global Development Institute), Climate & Justice Study Group Between small island states formally requesting the International Criminal Court to recognise ecocide as a crime, 2000 Swiss women suing Switzerland for...
by GDI | Mar 20, 2025 | Comment
By Ellen Logan, MSc in Global Development In March 2025, my colleague Alex Pettifer and I interviewed Nadia Naser-Najjab, Director of Palestine Studies at Exeter University and a leading scholar in Palestine Studies. Originally from Palestine, Nadia began her academic...
by GDI | Mar 19, 2025 | Comment
By Dr Nafisatu Irene Okhade, MSc MIDP Programme Director Students from the MSc Management and Implementation of Development Projects (MIDP) programme recently took part in a day trip to Buxton, where they had an opportunity to explore the Poole’s Cavern and Pavilion...
by GDI | Mar 11, 2025 | Comment
By Professor Tanja Müller I want to share a story about the complex reality of Israel-Palestine – a timely occasion given the recent publication of a blog by the GDI Students for Palestine group. Many years ago, I was involved in a research project that engaged with...
